A photograph of God?: an introduction to the biology of belief -- Brain machinery: the science of perception -- Brain architecture: how the brain makes the mind -- Myth-making: the compulsion to create stories and beliefs -- Ritual: the physical manifestation of meaning -- Mysticism: the biology of transcendence -- The origins of religion: the persistence of a good idea -- Realer than real: the mind in search of absolutes -- Why God won't go away: the metaphor of God and the mythology of science